Improvement in seat-fasteners



LL BROWN.

Seat Fastener- 0 0 No. 100,010. Patented Feb. 22; 1870.

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LORENZO BROWN, or onnes-A. NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 100,010, dated February'22, 1870.

\ IMPROVEMENT IN SEAT-FASTENERS.

The Schedule referred t6 in these Letters Patent and makihg part of thesame To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LORENZO BROWN, ofOdessa, in the county of Schuyler, and State of New York, have inventeda new and'usefui Improvement in Seat- Fastener; and I do hereby declarethat the follow-- seats to wagon-bodies; and

It consists in the construction and arrangement hereinafter described.

' In the accompanying drawing- Figure 1 represents the fasteningattached to a wagon-seat.

Figure 2 is a vertical cross-section of fig. 1.

Figure 3 is a top view of the lever-nut detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the end of a wagon-seat.

B is a rail, fixed to the side of the wagon-box, upon which the seatrests, and to which it is fastened.

G is an iron rod, which is fastened to the seat by means of wood screws,or in any other suitable or substantial manner. Upon the lower end of"this rod a screw-thread is-cnt. The rod extends down below the ail B,and upon its end there is a lever-nut, D, the

nut being a broad plate, with the rod passing eccentrically through it.

It will be noticed that the rod is placed on the seat in an inclinedposition. This throws the face of the plate-nut'at an angle with thebottom of the rail before the lever is turned. When the lever is turned,as seen-in the drawing, the nut works as a cam on the under side of therail, and, at the same time, turns upward on the rod by means of thescrew-thread, and makes the fastening complete. v It will be understoodthat this arrangement may be duplicated on the other end of the seat, ifdesired.

When the lever is turned for fastening, the broad side (or throw) of thenut catches under the .rail, as seen in the cross-section, and holds theseat stationary.

It will be perceived that this fastening-is equally applicable to gates,sliding doors, &c., the operation and arrangement being substantiallythe same.

This is a very simple and convenient device for the purposes intended,cheap, and readily applied. its

. advantages over ordinary methods must be obvious to all.

' Having thus described my invention,

, I claim. as new, and desire'to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The levernut D and rod 0 combined, when the rodlpasses through the nuteccentrically and the nut acts as a cam, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

2'. The rod 0 and lever-nut D, in combination withthe seat A and rail Bof the wagon-body, all constructed and arranged as specified. I

- LORENZO BROWN v Witnesses:

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